Editorial
I don’t know if when I write this column, the issue I want to deal with will have been resolved or will still be coming and going. Assuming the risk of developing reflections in this scenario, I do not want to curtail my right to free critical opinion. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: UN FALLO POLÉMICO
I have suddenly noticed, just by rereading some texts, that humanity, at this point in the evolution of science and technology and, supposedly, of education, is immersed in an infernal cycle regarding one of its most discussed problems the length and breadth of the planet: the damage that human beings, stuck in an apparent progress and in their ambitions, are causing to nature and that generates one of the greatest dangers for the near future. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL CICLO INTERMINABLE
Going back over old readings of philosophers from different times -Bacon, Kingsley, Huxley, Russell- I have noticed the antiquity of a problem that Uruguayan society suffers today and that I, perhaps confused by the speed, sound and little thinking of the modern world, I had believed something installed from the democratic restoration after the dictatorship. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: LA POLÍTICA MITÓMANA
There are many citizens – I know – who have been surprised by information that has been circulating in recent days: according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, based on data from the OAS Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, Uruguay is the country with the highest Per capita consumption of cocaine in Latin America. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: OPINIONES OLVIDADAS
In the previous column I tried to describe, as succinctly as I could, the number of unsatisfied needs that our society exhibits, suggesting that political consensus is as necessary as an increase in investment from abroad. And I remember that I also referred to the importance of education and my pessimism that, in reasonable time, its reform will become the effective solution to the problems we face. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EDUCACIÓN Y POLÍTICA
It is necessary to improve the economy – without inflation or the dollar through the roof – to increase the money in the hands of the State and use it in a more efficient and equitable way. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: LA SOLUCIÓN ESTÁ AFUERA
